Paul Calandra

Paul Calandra
Calandra in 2023
Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Assumed office
September 5, 2023
PremierDoug Ford
Preceded bySteve Clark
Ontario Government House Leader
In office
June 20, 2019 – June 6, 2024
PremierDoug Ford
Preceded byTodd Smith
Succeeded bySteve Clark
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Markham—Stouffville
Assumed office
June 7, 2018
Preceded byHelena Jaczek[a]
Ontario Minister of Long-Term Care
In office
January 14, 2022 – September 4, 2023
PremierDoug Ford
Preceded byRod Phillips
Succeeded byStan Cho
Ontario Minister of Legislative Affairs
Assumed office
October 19, 2021
PremierDoug Ford
Preceded byPosition created
Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines (Energy)
In office
June 29, 2018 – June 20, 2019
Preceded byHan Dong
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Member of Parliament
for Oak Ridges—Markham
In office
October 14, 2008 – August 4, 2015
Preceded byLui Temelkovski
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister of Canada for Intergovernmental Affairs
In office
September 19, 2013 – November 3, 2015
Preceded byDean Del Mastro
Succeeded byAdam Vaughan
Personal details
Born (1970-05-13) May 13, 1970 (age 54)
Markham, Ontario, Canada
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Other political
affiliations
Conservative
Canadian Alliance
Residence(s)Stouffville, Ontario, Canada

Paul A. Calandra MPP (born May 13, 1970) is a Canadian politician who has served as a minister in the Ontario provincial cabinet since 2019. Calandra has been the minister of municipal affairs and housing since 2023. He previously served as the minister of long-term care from 2022 to 2023 and Government House Leader from 2019 to 2024. Calandra represents Markham—Stouffville in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

He previously sat in the federal House of Commons from 2008 to 2015 for the Conservative Party, serving as a parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Stephen Harper from 2013 to 2015. In the 2015 federal election, he was a candidate in the Markham—Stouffville riding, created as a result of the federal electoral redistribution of 2012, and was defeated by Jane Philpott.
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